GRE Word List

ROUSING

giving rise to excitement : stirring

The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.

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travestya debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation
fretto eat or gnaw into : corrode
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inuredto accustom to accept something undesirable
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somnambulistan abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
rostruman ancient Roman platform for public orators
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
mongrelan individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed